We’ve come back to a couple of ideas we had a while ago (when we were in New York so around 3 years ago). The first is to make a video of a YouTuber presenting their college portfolio. It’s a fairly touchy subject as the original videos are only kids talking about something they enjoy doing, so we don’t want to appear like big bullies making fun of teenagers. However, the videos are hilarious and are a very identifiable slice of contemporary teenagers; 99% of the work is painting and a high percentage of those paintings are self-portraits where they have chosen to depict themselves as far more muscular/good-looking/generally more attractive than they appear in the video. Due to the reasons we’ve already laid out, this will most likely need to be original content as opposed to a found footage film. It would be similar to the apology video and the Mandela Effect video; develop a character and a script by watching as many videos as we can find on the subject and insert some of our own material into it. We could also get portraits of the actor made in similar styles to those of the original videos.
The other idea is about college professors reviewing college portfolios (for money!) on YouTube. We’re not sure how this might manifest itself but it’s definitely another strange slice of the art on YouTube. At one point, we were going to send our own work in to be reviewed but now aren’t too sure if that’s what we’re interested in. Perhaps it could be another character in the YouTuber universe and we could make the video from scratch using an actor and fictionalised paintings or a new specific body of work but it doesn’t feel right yet. Need to let it simmer for a little longer.